Heart Cath in the morning

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Heart Cath in the morning

Fellow DC members I would appreciate your prayers. God is my Father and Jesus is my Lord, so I know I'm in good hands, but as He has commanded us to pray for one another, I ask you to honor Him by praying for me.

My wife brought me to the hospital ER yesterday morning with chest pains. They can't confirm or deny that I had a heart attack, but there is concern because my enzymes and other blood chemicals were elevated. Plans are to do a heart cath Monday morning and if there is blockage then they will do either a stint or balloon. Hope to be home on Tuesday. I'll post a follow up ASAP.

Sorry about your difficulty, it'll go well

Originally Posted by orangevol

Fellow DC members I would appreciate your prayers. God is my Father and Jesus is my Lord, so I know I'm in good hands, but as He has commanded us to pray for one another, I ask you to honor Him by praying for me.

My wife brought me to the hospital ER yesterday morning with chest pains. They can't confirm or deny that I had a heart attack, but there is concern because my enzymes and other blood chemicals were elevated. Plans are to do a heart cath Monday morning and if there is blockage then they will do either a stint or balloon. Hope to be home on Tuesday. I'll post a follow up ASAP.

Thanks,
Orangevol

First, I'm sorry to hear about your difficulty. Second, been there and done that, and its a piece of cake from your end. Its not even what I would call a particularly unpleasant experience. Just be prepared to
relax in bed until it is o.k. for you to get up afterward; maybe 2 hours, maybe overnight. Honestly, I'd rather do another cath lab than get my teeth worked on.

If you are inquisitive look around the room a little and marvel at all that technology concentrated on getting you well. You might even be able to watch where the cath goes on a screen and watch where the dye goes, doesn't go. It is a bit surreal, but you can sort of turn it into a fun experience with the right attitude.

Aren't we all lucky we live in today's world, and not the world of even the recent past.

Added to prayer list

I've never had the experience of heart cath but have sat in the waiting room. My wife has eleven stints. I hope they caught it in time for you and that there's no heart damage. I will be lifting you and your wife in prayer. May God comfort you two during this time.

I just had 2 stents put in six months ago and it is a very easy procedure. There is no pain or discomfort at all. I spent 36 hours in the hospital. The worst part is waiting to get released so you can go home.I hope every thing goes smooth for you and your home soon. The heart cath is simple and easy.

Good luck, and keep the chin up. I had several of those about 18 years ago - no sweat. Just follow Docs and Wife's orders and all will be well.

By the way, when they inject the chemicals, you'll feel all warm and glowy, and then you feel like you just wet your pants. I kid you not. Strangest darn feeling..........at least that's the way it was 18 years ago.

"He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but nevertheless he was in reality a wolf of the Steppes. He had learned a good deal . . . and was a fairly clever fellow. What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life. The cause of this apparently was that at the bottom of his heart he knew all the time (or thought he knew) that he was in reality not a man, but a wolf of the Steppes."